UNSW study shows pre-cooling homes using daytime rooftop PV can cut summer energy bills, improve thermal comfort and ease problems of excess solar on the grid.
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Lost power in a bushfire or storm? UNSW wants to hear all about it
UNSW study wants to hear people’s experiences – both good and bad – when the electricity grid has failed, in a bid to help build energy resilience for vulnerable communities.
UNSW student-designed solar freezer installed on remote Fiji island
Students from University of New South Wales design and install solar powered deep freezer in a remote fishing village on Viwa Island, off coast of Fiji.
‘Father of PV’ Martin Green launches next generation of solar modules
The world’s leading solar PV researcher was on hand at the Australian launch of Sunport’s innovative solar modules, as Australian solar tech starts to achieve market dominance.
Solar research champion UNSW sets 2020 date for 100% renewables
University of New South Wales sets 2020 date for 100% renewables, as part of three-year roadmap to take its buildings emissions-free and expand on-site solar generation.
New solar tool shows daily, time-based forecast for each state
New tool integrated into APVI Live Solar Map, allows solar system owners to estimate how their PV generation will track over the rest of the day.
Home hydrogen storage for rooftop solar? UNSW team says it's coming in 2020
UNSW and Tamworth company H2Store win investor support for hydrogen storage that could be applied to home solar storage by late 2020.
Half of all Australian rooftops could go solar, new mapping tool reveals
New online mapping tool shows “enormous untapped potential” for rooftop solar in Australia, including up to 50 per cent in major Australian cities.
Solar CBD: How Melbourne buildings – including MCG – could become a PV powerhouse
New report finds that 38% of City of Melbourne total roof space could be fitted with 416MW of solar panels – enough to power 112,000 average Victorian homes, meet 12 per cent of the area’s electricity needs, and cut businesses’ collective power costs by more than $100 million.
Rooftop solar: Sydney and other city CBDs have barely tapped 'solar goldmines'
Sydney’s CBD has huge untapped rooftop solar potential that could save businesses and homes $70m a year on power costs, according to new study that has lessons for all Australia’s capital cities.